Button.



No. 633,888. 'Patnted Sept-26, i899.

F. G. NEUBERT.

BUTTUM.

(Application led Apr. 13, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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FRANKLIN G. NEUBEnn-oFwATERBURY, coNNneTIcUT.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of vLetile'rs Patent No. 633,888, dated September 26, 1899. Application filed April 13, 1897. Serial No. 631,964. (No model.)

To @Z5 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN G. NEUBERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buttons, and more particularly to that kind orl class thereof commonlyknown and referred to as rivet or tack-fastened buttons-that is, a button adapted to be secured to cloth or' fabric by means of a metal tack or fastenerthe object of the same being to construct'a button of few parts in such a way that it may be easily and readily assembled and cheap to manufacture and adapted when secured in place to withstand the strain imposed upon it. n

With these andother ends in View my invention consists of a button constructed of two parts only-vin a cap having the central portion thereof formed into an anvil or die for upsetting the piercing end of the tackor fastenerl and a spacer engaging with said anvil or die for separat-ing said cap or face of the button from the cloth or fabric, and also for receiving and retaining the point of the tack or fastener, and thereby hold the button securely to the material.

My invention further-consists in certain novel features of formation, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of the face-plate or cap after being partly shaped or formed. Fig. 2 shows the cap or face in its completed form. Fig.

3 is a' sectional View of the cap and spacer prior to being assembled. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the two parts assembled, the fastener and section of the fabric detached. Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing the button after being secured to cloth or fabric.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the face-plate or cap of a button, the outer 'edge ct of which may be bent or curled over or under to secure a proper finish and avoid a raw or rough' edge thereon. By means of proper dies the central portion of the cap or face A. is shaped-first, as shown in Fig. 1,-

that is, with a depressed center B,a recess la encircling the upper side thereof-and,` subsequent-ly, as shown in Fig. Q--that is, with the depressed central portion Bin the forni of an anvil C, the lower sideof which is curved inwardly and toward the face or cap A and forms a'die or'anvil proper for overturning the piercing end of the metal fastener, the sides c of said anvil or die being curved inwardly toward each other for the purpose of retaining the spacerin engagement therewith,

as will be hereinafter described.

In Fig. 3 I have'shown the spacer D prior to being attached to the cap or Aface of the button, the upper end of said spacer being open and its lower edge bent inwardly and upwardly for properly receiving and directing the point of the tack or fastener. g

In assembling thevcap or face of button A and the spacer D the open endof the spacer is slipped over the anvil or die @,and upon striking said spacer a blow or by forcing the two parts together by means of proper tools the upper edge of said spacerD will be forced into the recess b in the cap or face of the button, and thereby bent or turned inwardly, causingsaid spacerv to more or less tightly grasp the anvil or die and prevent it from subsequently disengagin g itself lfrom said die or anvil.'`

, It will of course be of striking the spacer or crowding or forcing itagainst the cap or face in order to turn the edge of said spacer inwardly, as above described, the edge of said spacer may be rolled inwardly, causing it to more or less tightly graspror hug the sides of the anvil or die, as in the first instance.

In securing the button to cloth or fabric a metal fastener E, preferably in the form of "a tack or rivet, is utilized, which after piercing the cloth or fabric F enters the spacer D, the piercing end of said tack upon being forced or driven against the lower curved side of said anvil-curling er upsetting Within the spacer, thus tightly securing the button to said cloth or fabric.

From the foregoing it will be understood that my invention is exceedingly simple, the button consisting of two parts-viz.,.a face and a spacer-the anvil or die being made in n n derstoodthat instead lanvil by curling or rolling the edge'of the .spacerinwardly the/*operation of assembling performed. f

f vI-Irrving fullyldescribed my inventiqn, wlmi v Iv @lahmy as new, amlclesire to Secure byLetters f Patent, is*

, l.A.tW0-.1mrl1 button constructody with@ y face-plateliaviugitsCentralportion'depressed 13G form fr die voranvil, anda one-piece spacer dreely engagingwitlr and `secured to said depressedV een ter for sepaming thefeLCe-plaie from the cloth or fabric, substantially as described..

yAbuttonleonsiqting of a facer-plate hav# k ing its central portion depressed land formed 'into a die or anvil, and avone-piecespaeer fitting mound said anvil and having its upper yendv bent inwardly for lholding itin' engage'- .v y y y y ymentI therewith, substantially'as described.'

yther parts ofv lhe'b'utton is smplyand quickly Abutoln 'Consisting of afacwplate having its central portion depressed andlformed intoan anvihthe sidesof'which latter are curved inwardly,l and the' bottom pwardly, f

and a one-piece spacer fitting aroundsaid anvil, the upperend thereof beingy benl'nl with, substantially asdscrib'ed. Y 'V "y v Signed at .vVaterbury, in theeountyof New Haven and lState of Connecticut, this' 27th day of March, A. D. 1897;

i FRANKLIN G. NEUBERT.

Witnessesr' J OSEPH LAWLOR, C. H. vUPSON. 

